Calendar No. 424 



66th Coxgress, 

2d Session: 



SENATE. 



\ 



Report 
No. 469. 



Is 21 
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^^20d .rxRICI'LTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Copy 1 



March U (calondiir (l:iy, March VM, 1920. — Ordered to be printed. 



Mr. Gronxa. from the^Conimittee on Agriciiltuie and Forestry, sub- 
mitted the following 

REPORT. 

[To acfonip:uiy H. K. 12272.] 

The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to Avhich was referred 
the bill (H. R. 12272) making appropriations for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June ;')(). 1021, and for other 
purposes, reports the same to the Senate with various amendments, 
and, in connection tlierewith, presents herewith the following in- 
formation : 

Amount recommended in ori.uinal estimates (refiular and supple- 
mental) .$37. G72. SnT 

Amount carried in House i)ill (total printed in House hill. $30,- 

270,3o4, is a t.vp(i,trra|)liical error) 30, 272, 7.")4 

Increases over House ]»ill recommended by tbe Senate conunittee__ 2. 033, .")47 



Amount incliided in bill as rcinnied to the Senate 32,306.301 

Amount larried in A;iricultural approiiriation act for 1920 33,899,701 

Tlie bill as reptnled is less than the estimates for 1921 by .5, 366, .^56 

The bill as reported is less than the ai)i)ropriation act for 1920 by_ 1,593,460 

The House bill includes a number of low-grade places on the statu- 
tory roll of each bureau. During the past two or three years it has 
become increasingly difficult for the dei)artment to fill these posi- 
tions or to retain properly qualified employees in them for any length 
of time. The turnover in these positions throughout the department 
is unusually high. In one division, for instance, the turnover dur- 
ing the past year in the $S4() and %*.)()() ck>rical grades was 127 and 
33 i)er cent, respectively; and essentially the same situation exists 
in practically every branch of the depaitment. This large and con- 
stantly increasing shifting in the personnel reduces efficiency and 
results in considerable loss to the Government — loss of time, money, 
and effort spent in training persons of medioci-e qualifications who 
either can not satisfactoi-ijy handle the work assigned to them or 
who remain witli the department only a short time, leaving it to 
secure other employment at higlu'r compensation or where the oppor- 
tunities for advancement are better. 



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It seems desirable to the coiiiniittee that action be taken in the 
pendinf; appropriation bill to remedy in part, at least, the present 
situation with respect to these low-^rrade positions. This has been 
accomplished by eliminating a considerable number of these low- 
gi'ade positions and substituting therefor a smaller number of higher 
grade places, as indicated in this report under each bureau. There 
are G85 positions carried in the House bill, involving a total of 
$595,160, which have been drojjped, and there are substituted for 
them 467 places, involving a total of $588,580 — representing a net re- 
duction in places of 218 and in salaries of $6,580. While the plan 
reduces the number of places by 218. at the same time it is the belief 
of the connnittee that the work can be effectively performed wnth a 
smaller number of higher grade places, making it possible to secure 
and retain trained and competent employees and reducing, to some 
extent at least, the turnover in the clerical personnel that now 
occurs. 

The following table shows the appropriations for the present fiscal 
year, the regular and supplemental estimates submitted by the de- 
partment to the House committee, the amount carried in the House 
bill, the amount recommended by the Senate committee, the in- 
creases and decreases of the bill reported by the Senate committee 
as compared with the House bill, the increases and decreases of the 
bill as compared with the department estimates, and the increases 
and decreases of the bill as compared with the appropriation for the 
present fiscal year: 

United states Dcixtrtmcnt of A;/riciiItiirc — Estimate of appropriations, 1021. 



Bureau or office. 



Appro- 
priation 

in 
Agricul- 
tural 
act, 1920. 



Office of the Secretary $500, 5: 

Office of Farm Management.. 302. .590 

Weather Biireau l-,S«0.210 

Bureau of Animal Industry. . 5, 7S3, 231 

Bureau of Plant Industry.... 3,379,638 

Forest Service 

Bureau of Chemistry i 1,391, .5' 

Bureau of Soils 491,23.5 

Bureau of Entomoloiiy 1,3 

Bureau of Biolosical Survey . 712, 170 
Division of Accouiits and 

Disbursements 44 

Division of Publications 240, 140 

Bureau of Crop Estimates. . . 371,102 

Library 50, 160 

Miscellaneous expenses, De- 
partment of -Vnriculture ... 175, 500 
Rent in the District of Co- 
lumbia 100,000 

States Relations Service i 4,905,820 

Bureau of Public Roads 594,320 

Bureau of Markets 1 2,811,365 

Insecticide and Fungicide 

Board 123,940, 

Federal Horticultural Board . , 1 29, 000, 



Depart- 
ment 
esti- 
mates, 
1921. 



$475,860 

611,990 

2,228,150 

6,118,4r 

3,60B,89S 

16. .597, 650 

1,424,511 

620,095 

2 1,324,260 

978,00; 

.50,620 
362,480 
967, 

61,080 

141,000 

1.50,000 
4,96S,.'U0 

748, 120 
3,023,395 



Passed 

by 
House. 



I Increase 

Reported; over (+) 

by or 

Senate ] decrease 

commit- 1 below (—) 



bill. 



$166,940 

322,130 

1,879,010 

5,227,236 

2,864,439 

5,812,842 

1,321,. 591 

.541.035 

1,073,480 

782,170 

50, 
372,. 570 
317,376 

50, 

136,000 



4,866,120 
490,620 

2,478, 

115.350 
169,0.-.0 



$471,240 

461,090j 

1,949,1701 

5,732,581 

2, 800, ,578 

6, 005, 2" 

1,393,. 591 1 

364,615 

1,232, 

772,285 

50,620 
397, 0)0 
322,816 

54, 

136,000 

164, 
4,8,55,100 

.540,220 
2,580,379 

115,3,50 
169,0501 



Increase 
over (-I-) 

or 
decrease 
below (—) 
depart- 
ment 
estimates. 



+ $4,300 
-fl38: 
-I- 70,160 
-f 505, 345 

- 63,861 
-1-192.408 
-1- 72,000 
-176,420 
-f- 159, 230 

- 9,885 



24,480 
5,440 
4,000 



- ll,020i 
+ 49,600 
-t-101,810 



- $4,620 
-150, 
-278,980 
-385,870 
-806,320 
-592,400 

- 30,920 
-255, 

- 91,550 
-205,720 



+ 34,570 
-644,966 

- 6,200 

- 5,000 

+ 14,666 
-113,440 
-207,900 
-443,016 



Increase 
over (-I-) 



decrease 
below (— ) 



appro- 
priation. 



-$29, 280 
4-1,58, .500 
-I- 68,960 

- 50,650 
-579,060 
-f 38.381 
4- 2,020 
-126,620 
-138,6.50 
-I- 30,115 

-I- 6,000 
-H56,910 

+ 4^720 

- 39,500 

-I- 64,666 

- .50,720 

- 54,100 



40,050 



I Includes a supplemental estimate of $39,7.55 for the Thunder Mountain area, Idaho. 
' Includes a supplemental estimate of $105,000 for the control of .'apanese beetle. 






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Ss/ 

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Vtiitcd States Drpartinciit of Auriciiltiirc. (tc. — Continued. 



Bureau or office. 


Appro- 
priation 

in 
Agricul- 
tural 
act, 1920. 


Depart- 
ment 
esti- 
mates, 
1921. 


Passed 
House. 


Reported 
by 
Senate 
commit- 
tee. 


Increase 
over(-(-) 

or 

decrease 

below (-) 

House 

bill. 


Increaso 
over(-h) 

or 
decrease 
below (-) 
depart- 
ment 
estimates. 


Increase 
over (-f ) 

or 
decrease 
below (-) 
1920 
appro- 
priation. 


MISCELLANEOUS .^PPROPRI.\- 
TIONS. 

Demonstrations on roclama- 
tioTi projects 


?4S,600 


$17,000 
1,000,000 

200,000 
60,000 

40.000 

1,000,000 
3S,S,,560 


«30.000 
250,000 

75,000 
46,500 

30.000 

.50,000 
288, .560 


$47,000 
310.000 


-f $17, 000 
-I. fiO 000 




— SI 600 


Fiehtinsr and proventins; 
forest firos 


- $690,000 

- 75,000 

- 13,500 


-f-310,000 


Cooperative fire protection of 
forested watersheds of nav- 


100. 000 
60,000 

40,000 

1,000,000 
.595, SOO 


12.000 -^ .50 000 


-f- 25,000 


Exneriments and demon- 
strations in live-stock pro- 
duction in the cane-suear 
and cotton districts of the 
United States 


46,500 

40,000 

50,000 
588,560 




- 13,500 


Experiments in dairying and 
live-stock production in 
semiarid and irrigated dis- 
tricts of the western United 
States 


J- 10 000 




Eradication of the foot-and- 
mouth and other conta- 




- 950,000 -9.50.000 


Eradication of pink boll- 
worm 


-i-snn onn 


+ 200,000 
-f- 500,000 


- 7.240 


Prevention of spread of Eu- 
ropean corn horer ' 


.500,000 -t-500.00C 


-1-500,000 


Acquisition of lands under 
the Weo'-s law 


600 000 












-600,000 


Plan t dnst explosionsand fire 




100,000 






- 100,000 


100,000 


i 




-100,000 


Woodward, Okla., live-stock 






10,000 

5,oon 

15.000 


-f- lO.OOC 
+ 5,00f 
-f 1.5, OOC 


-1- 10,000 
+ 5,000 
-f 15,000 


-1- 10,000 


International farm Confrress. 








-f 5,000 


Committee on rural credits 








-1- 15,000 












Total 


33,899,761 


37,672,8.57 


30,272,7.54 


32,306,301 


-1-2,033,54- 


-5,366,5.56 


— 1,593,460 







> Includes a supplemental estimate of $500,000 for the control of 
Included in the 1920 act was $250,000. 



European corn borer. The amount 



In the following pages the reasons for all increases in appropria- 
tions are given, and all changes in amounts in the statutory rolls 
are indicated, including the readjustment of low-grade places re- 
ferred to above. 

Office of the Secretary. 

statutory salaries. 

(Page 2, line 3.) 

The statiitorv roll of the office of the Secretary carries an increase 
of $4,800 over "the House bill, as indicateil in detail in the following 
table : 



New iil:i 
1 a; 



ret: 



<sistan 

Ndtk. — The food production act of Aufr. 10. 1917. authorized 
tl:e ai)i)ointiuent, for tlie duration of the war. of 2 additional 
assistant si>cretaries. niai<in« 8 in ail. The lO'JO act aullior- 
izes 2 assistant secretaries, but llie h\\\ as iias.scd by tlu' 
Hou.se re(hiced tlie iuiinl)er to 1. Tlie connnittee lias restored 
the place eliminated iiy the House, because, in its opinion, tlie 
work of tiie department refpiires tlie .services of 2 assistant 
secretaries, especially in connection with the administration of 
the afrricnltnral (>xtension act, the Federal-aid road act, the cot- 
ton-futures iict. tlie warehouse act, and other reiiulatory meas- 
ures. 



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I'laces bolow Jj^l.L'OO dropped : 

2 clerks at $1,100 each $2, 200 

1 clerk 1,020 

11 clerks at $900 each 9,900 

2 clerks at $840 each 1,680 

1 elevator machinist 900 

— $15, 700 

17 

Places siihstituted for places dropped: 

3 clerks, class 2 4,200 

8 clerks, class 1 9,600 

1 elevator machinist 1,200 

_ 15,000 $700 

12 - 

Actual increase over House bill 4,300' 

BiTJEAu OF Farm Management and Farm Economics. 

CHANGE IN NAME OF OFFICE. 
(Page 4, line 20.) 

The designation of the office has been changed to " Bureau of Farm 
Management and Farm Economics." It is dealing with economic 
problems in the field of agriculture and the importance of its ac- 
tivities, in the opinion of the committee, fully justifies the change 
proposed. It should be pointed out, in this connection, that the new 
designation will not result, in itself, in any additional expenditures, 
nor Avill it involve any change in the form of the organization. 

STATUTORY SALARIES. 
(Page 4, line 21.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Farm Management and Farm 
Economics carries an increase of $11,960 over the House bill, as in- 
dicated in detail in the following table: 

Places below $1,200 dropped : 

9 clerks, at $900 each L $8, 100 

2 draftsmen, at $900 each ^__ 1,800 

1 clerk or map tracer 840 

— $10, 740 

12 

I'laces substituted for pbices dropped : 

1 clerk 1, .500 

6 clerks, class 1 7,200 

2 clerks, at $1,000 each 2.000 

— 10. 700 

9 

Net decrease $40 

In addition to the above readjustment of places, the committee 
recommends nine places on the .statutory roll of the bureau, involving 
an increase of $1'2,000, as below. Additional clerical assistance is, 
in the opinion of the conmiittee, fully justified by the scope and im- 
portance of the bureau's activities, especially its cost of production 
studies. 

New places: 

2 clerk.s, at $1,.500 each $3,000 

3 clerks, class 2 4. 200 

4 clerks, class 1 4,800 

$12. 000 

Actual increa.se 11, 960 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

GENEUAL EXPENSES. 

FARM MANAC.KMKNT AM) KAK.M PUACTICK INVESTIOATIOXS. 

(Page 5, line 18.) 

There is an increase in this item of $127,000, which the committee, 
after careful consideration, believes is essential to permit the bureau 
to pursue efficiently its studies of farm management i^roblems, with 
special reference to the cost of producin"; agricultural products. 

^^'I:A^II^.R Bureau. 

STATUTORY SALAIUKS. 
(Page 0. line 2. i 

The statutory roll of the Weather Bureau carries a decrease of 
$•240 below the House hill, as indicateil in detail in the following 
table : 

Places lii'low -SI 2(Ht (lr()i>pe(l : 

24 clerks, .it .h;1.(I(HI each ^24,000 

10 clerks, at S^OOO eacli 9.000 

1 printer or c()nii)()sit<)r 1,200 

6 printers or compositors, at $1,080 each 6, 480 

5 printers or compositors, at $1,000 each 5, 000 

1 skilled mechanic 840 

6 skilled artisans, at $840 each 5, 04O 

1 fireman and steam fitter 840 

1 repair man 960 

4 repair men, at $840 each 3, 360 

6 repair men. at ,$720 each 4, 320 

— $61, 040 

65 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

3 clerks, class 4 5, 400 

3 clerks, class 3 4,800 

f) clerks, class 2 7,000 

13 clerks, class 1 15.600 

10 printers or compositors, at $1,300 each 13,000 

7 skilled mechanics, at $1.0;)0 each 7.000 

5 rei)air men. at $].(I(H> (>ach 8.000 

— 60,800 

49 

Actual decrease below House bill 240 

GENERAL EXPENSES, 

PRINTING OFFICE. 

(PaRO 9. line 6.) 

The following proviso has been added to this item to restore the 
language of the paragraph as included in the 1920 act: 

And provided further. That the proviso contained in section 11 of the act 
making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of 
the Government for the fiscal year ending .Tune 30, 1920. shall not prohibit the 
printing in the printing otlice of th(> Weather Bureati In the city of Washington 
of the maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications herein authorized. 



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The AA^iither Bureau maintains a printing office in Washington for 
the issuance of weather maps, forecast cards, etc., which, to be of 
any value at all, nuist be printed and distributed immediately upon 
receipt of telegraphic reports on which their information is based. 
It is obviously impossible to have this work performed at the Gov- 
ernment Printing Office without completely destroying the useful- 
ness of the information promulgated by the Weather Bureau. 

EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON. 
(Page 9, line 21.) 

There is an increase in this item of $70,400, to enable the AA^eather 
Bureau to restore its services to the standard of efficiency and effec- 
tiveness which existed prior to the war, and to provide, in a small 
way for the normal growth of its activities. War conditions made 
it necessary to curtail many lines of work conducted by the bureau, 
which are "of great value to" agriculture, commerce, and navigation. 

SALE OF MOUNT WEATHER, VA. 
(Page 10. lino U.) 

The following paragra])!!. providing for the sale of Mount 
Weather, was included in the estimates 'of the department, but was 
not approved by the House committee : 

The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause the premises kuown as Mount 
Weather, situate at Mount Weather, in th(> counties of Lourloun and Clarke, 
in the State of Virginia, and comprisint; eiiihty-four and eighty-one one-hun- 
dredths acres of land, more or less, together with the huildings and other im- 
lirovements tliercdu, including lalioratories. cottages, sheds, stables, shops, heat- 
ing and power plant, kite shelter, and other huildings of whatever nature, to- 
gether with all the i-ights, easements, and appurteinmces thereto belonging, to be 
sold at public sale and conveyed to the highest bidder for cash, first having 
given not less than thirty days' public notice of the time, place, and terms of 
sale immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers 
having a general circulation in the county or sections of the counties where the 
premises are situate, the net proceeds of the sale, after deducting the expenses 
incidental thereto, to be turned into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

The Agricultural appropriation act of 1*,)15 directed the Secretary 
of Agriculture to report the condition and value of the buildings and 
grounds at Mount AVeathei', and whether, in his opinion, it would be 
more advantageous to sell the sar<ie at public auction or at private 
sale. Your conunittee believes that the Secretary's recommendation 
for the disposition of the property at public auction should receive 
favorable consideration by the Congress, as inquiry disclosed that no 
other Government agency can advantageously use the same. The re- 
ceipts from the sale of the property will be turned into the Treasury. 

Bureau of Antjmat. Industry. 

.statutory salaries. 

(Page 11, line 6.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Animal Industry carries a de- 
crease of $3,180 below the House bill, as indicated in detail in the 
folloAving table : 



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I'liifes below i?].2CX) drojipod : 

ir. clerks, at .$1,100 each .$16,500 

10 clerks, at $1,080 each 10,800 

12 clerks, at $1,020 each 12,240 

72 clerks, at .$1,000 each 72.000 

14 clerks, at ,$9G0 e.nch 13,440 

.")8 clerks, at $900 each 47, 7(K) 

2 laboratory helpers, at $1,020 each 2, 040 

1 laboratory helper 1,000 

1 laboratory helper 960 

2 laboratory belpeis, at .$840 each 1, 680 

1 laboratory helper 720 

2 laboratory helpers, at .$600 each 1,200 

4 laborers, at .$060 each 2,640 

24 laborers, at .$600 each 14,400 

.32 laborers, at .$.")40 each 17,280 

30 laborers, at .$480 each 14,400 

8 messeiiiier boys, .nt $360 each 2. SSO 

$231, 880 

283 

Places substituted for places dropped: 

2 executive clerics, at .$2,000 each .$4,000 

12 clerks, class 4 21.6(K) 

10 clerks, class 3 19,200 

10 clerks, at $1,500 each l.->, (K)0 

1.5 clerks, at .$1,,320 each 19,800 

76 clerks, class 1 91. 200 

() laboratory assistants, at .$1,200 each 7, 2(K) 

.50 laborers, at .$960 each 48.000 

5 niesseuiier bovs, at .$540 each 2, 7(X) 

228, 7(»0 

188 

Actual decrease below House bill 3.180 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS. 

(Page 14, line 2.3.) 

There is an increase in this item of $180,440. Avhich amount has 
been added to the sum set aside for pa^-ment of indemnities. 

When the cooperati^-e tuberculosis work Avas inau<;urated, it ATas 
agreed with the various States that it shoiihl bo conducted on an 
equal basis — that is, the States and the department would furnish 
an equal number of men to carry on the tuberculin testiug. When 
the campaign was begun, only a few States had funds available for 
the purpose. Since that time, however, more than 30 have made 
appropriations, and to-day the work is under way in 45 States. 
State fimds now aggregate approximately $2,800,000 annually. The 
amount recommended by your committee is the same as that pro- 
vided by the 1020 act after deducting $1.5,9G0 for salaries of em- 
plovees transferred to statutory rolls. 

Y'our committee feels that lio less than $680,440 for payment of 
indemnities should be provided for the purjiose during the next 
fiscal 3'ear. This is especially true in vicAv of the fact that the in- 
tradermal test will probably be officially recognized in the near 
future, thus enabling em]-)loyees of the Bureau of Animal Industry 
and of the States to test approximately 50 per cent more cattle than 
is possible through the use of the present subcutaneous tests. It is 



8 AGRICULTITRE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

reasonablo to expett that the same i)er;enta<ie of tuberculous cattle 
\vill he found and, therefoiv, that the number of animals in comiec- 
tion with which indemnity will be claimed will be increased by 
l)racticall_v 50 per cent. 

The word " hereafter " has been inserted in line 4, on pafje 17, in 
order to make jjermanent the proviso permittin^r the interstate re- 
shipment, for breedinfr or feedinfj pur]30ses, of cattle which have 
reacted to the tubercidin test. It is believed that it w^as the inten- 
tion of Con<rress that this proviso should be permanent legislation. 

Your committee likewise has added the following proviso to the 
parag-raph : 

And pforidcd (mthcr. 'I'liiil nol to (.racd $.!()l)J>00 of the (ipproiiriatiou for 
the iHijiiiicnt of iiiiJeiiniHicx. i-nnicd hi the A(iriciiltiir<il Act for l!).20. iiniji he 
iif:ed for (id)iiiiiixfr(ifire and oiierati)!;/ crjieiises durhuj stnd fiscal year, 

to i)ermit the department to use during the remainder of the present 
fiscal year for administrative and operatino; expenses a part of the 
unexpended balance set aside for the pavment of indemnities bv the 
act for 1920. 

TT( K EKAIHCATIONS. 

(Page 17, line 16.) 

The amount of this item has been increased by $50,000 over the 
House bill. The purpose of this increase is to enable the depart- 
ment to continue its demonstrations in live stock production and 
dairying- in the South which have been conducted in cooperation 
with the States Eelations Service during the past four years. In 
the opinion of your committee, the work has proved very beneficial 
to the areas from which the tick has been eradicated, by demon- 
strating to the people how they may utilize, to the best advantage, 
the benefits derived through the elimination of the pest by the im- 
provement and extension of live stock and dairy industries. This 
work grows in importance as areas freed of ticks increases from year 
to year. To specifically authorize this work the following language 
should be restored to the bill : 

of ichich fium $50,000 may be used for lire stock and dairii deinonstrafiov work, 
in eooperation icith the State Relations Serrice. 

ANIMAL HX'SBANUEY IXVESTKiATIONS. 

(Page 18, line 9.) 

The proviso in the House bill carrying $20,000 for experiments in 
the breeding and maintenance of horses for military purposes has 
been eliminated, and the proviso carrying $25,000 for poultry feed- 
ing and breeding experiments has been increased to $58,040, the 
amount carried in the 1920 act, making a net increase over the House 
bill of $1;5.<U0. In the opinion of the committee, this sum should 
be provided in order that there may be no interruption in the ex- 
perimental and other work relating to poultry which the depart- 
ment now has under way. 

ANIMAL DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS. 

(Page 19, line 4.) 

There is a increase in this item of $32,400 over the House bill, and 
over the current appropriation of $15,240; and the amount set aside 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 9 

for the treiitment and prevention of tlie disease of contagious abor- 
tion of animals lias been ehanfred from $25,000 to $47,720, approxi- 
mately the amount carried in the 1920 act. 

The increase will he used to investigate round worms of hogs; to 
continue the present work relating to contagious abortion, and to 
inaugurate a study and lest of a new method of blackleg imnumiza- 
tion. 

HOG CHOLKKA. 

(Page 19, line 14.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $231.04.", 
but this merely provides the same amount that is available during 
the current fiscal year. The hog-cholera Avork is now carried on in 
>)4 of the principal hog-raising States, in cooperation with the State 
regulatory authorities and extension divisions of the State agricul- 
tural colleges. That the Avork has been effective is indicated by the 
fact that the present mortality of about 37 per 1.000 hogs is the low- 
est that has been recorded in 36 years. 

BuRf:Au OF Plant Industry. 

STATI7T0RY SALARIES. 
(Page 20, line 24.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Plant Industry carries an 
increase of $1,540 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the 
following table : 

New place : 

1 clerk, class 8 .$1. 6iX) 

Note. — This place will not provide for an additional employee 
lint merely for the transfer of a clerk at $1,6(K) who is now car- 
vied in tlie luni]) fund, wliicli already lias been reduced by .$1,000. 
Places below .$1,200 dropped : 

43 clerks, at $900 each .$38,700 

1 clerk or draftsman 900 

,5 mes.senger boys, at .$420 eac h 2. 100 

— $41, 700 

49 

Places sub.stituted for jilaces dropped: 

10 clerks, at $1,.')00 each L5, 000 

L5 clerks, class 2 21,000 

3 clerks, class 1 3,000 

1 messenger or laborer 720 

2 messenger boys, at $000 each 1.320 

— 41,040 

31 00 

Actual increase over House bill 1. ."140 

FRUIT-DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 2:i, lino l."5.) 

Your committee recommends an increase in this item of $10,000, 
for the pathological study of fruits during processes of marketing. 

CUOF-ACCLIMATIZATION AND FIBER-PI.ANT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 25, line 23.) 

The proviso setting aside $7,500 for experiments in cottonseed 
interbreeding has been eliminated. The proviso, in the opinion of 



10 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

the committee, is unnecessary, as the work contemplated by it is 
authorized by the geneiral language of the paragraph. 

DKUG-PLANT AND POISONOUS-PLANT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 26, line 6.) 

There is a decrease in the amount of this item of $20,000. 

BIOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS. 

(Page 26, line 12.) 

The item for biophysical investigations carrying $32,500 has been 
eliminated. 

SEED TESTING. 
(Page 26, line 14.) 

An increase of $5,000 in this item is recommended, in order to 
increase the facilities for conducting seed-testing work, which is of 
unusual importance at the present time owing to the large quan- 
tities of adulterated seed coming into this country from abroad,, 
and because of the necessity for giving closer attention to the ex- 
amination of seed imported with a view to the exclusion of such 
as falls Ijelow the prescribed standard. 

CEREAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 27, line 1.) 

This item has been increased $147,200 over the amount provided 
by the House bill. This increase will provide for the continuation 
of the barberry eradication work now being carried on in the middle- 
western and western wheat-growing regions. The committee feels 
that it would be unfortunate to terminate this work, as it appears 
to be the only quick and successful method of controlling epidemics 
of black or stem rust, which yearly cause losses of from 40,000,000 
to 200,000,000 bushels of wheat. To specifically provide for this 
work, the following proviso has been added : 

Provided aim. That $147,200 shall be set aside for the location of and de- 
struction of the ))arberr.v bushes and other vegetation from which such rust, 
spores ori,trinate. 

SUGAK-PLANT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 28, line 3.) 

AVhile there is an increase in this item o^ er the House bill of $9,115^ 
the action of the committee merely provides the same amount that is 
available during the current year. Important investigations are 
being conducted under this item in connection with the sugar-cane 
mosaic disease and the sugar-beet, nematode-control work, and any 
reduction in the appropriation will, in the opinion of your committee,, 
seriously interfere Avith the work. 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 11 

DRY-LAND AGRICULTURE INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 28. line 11.) 

There is an increase in this item of $9,000 over the House bill. 
As it now stands, it carries the same amount that is available this 
year. The committee is of the opinion that the maintenance of the 
work at the 20 or more field stations of the department conducting 
dry-land agriculture investigations in the Great Plains area would 
be serioush^ interfered with if the appropriation is reduced. 

WESTERN IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE INVESTKiATIONS. 
(Page 28, line 22.) 

The committee has increased this item by $21,200. This action 
merely provides the same amount that is available during the cur- 
rent year and Avill make possible the continuance of the experimental 
work on the reclamation projects as it is now conducted. 

HORTICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 29, line 20.) 

An increase of $15,000 has been allowed in this item, $10,000 of 
which will be used for prosecution of experimental work looking to 
the development, through selection and hybridization, of new types 
of potatoes better suited to the more important producing areas, as 
well as varieties which are more resistant to diseases and which will 
give a larger yield, and $5,000 for the development of pure and de- 
sirable strains of sweet corn for commercial canning. 

l-OREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. 

(Page 30, line 16.) 

The committee recommends an increase in this item over the House 
bill of $1,000. This increase will be used for the maintennnce of 
the new plant-detention station authorized in the appropriation act 
for 1920. 

PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OK VALUAHIK SEEDS. 

(Page SI, line 14.) 

The item for the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds carry- 
ing an appropriation of $239,416 has been eliminated. 

Forest Service, 
statutory s.mvaries. 

(Page 34, line 8.) 

The statutory roll of the Forest Service carries a decrease of $200 
below the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: 

Places below $1,2()0 di-opped : 

60 clerks, at .$000 each $.">4. OfK> 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

7 clerks, at .$1..S(M) each $]2,6(X> 

7 clerks, at .$1,000 each 11,200 

20 clerks, at .$1..-(I0 each - 30,000 

34 Total 53, SCO 

Actual decrease below House bill 200 



12 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

gj:xi:i{al expenses. 

1NTK()1)1-(T()1!Y I'AUACUAI'H. 

(I'ase H6, line 18.) 

The words " or improved " have been inserted in line 5. on page 
ijT. This additional language is desirable, since the Comptroller of the 
Treasury has held that buildings constructed or partially construe^ ^Ir 
under previous limitations of $500, $G00, and $800 can not be ' •' 
jiroved or comjileted under a higher limitation than that in eff / 
(hiring the fiscul year in wliich the building was constructed or p 
tially constructed. In some instances the advance in prices of ma , 
rials did not ])ermit the completion of the buildings within the C( ,, 
limitation. The addition of the words "or improved" will overcoi? 

tliis difficulty. '* 

if. 

NATIONAL FORESTS. 

(Page 38, line 13.) 

The total increase in appropriations for the specified nation 
forests, as set forth below, is $31,500. In this connection it / 
interesting to note that the receipts from national forests durirJi 
the fiscal year 1919 totaled $4,358,-1:14.80, representing an increase ( o 
$783,484.79 over the fiscal year 1918. They were derived from tlrr 
following sources : 2 

(a) Timber. $1,526,188: Sales of all classes of stumpage on th ^ 
national forests, payments for timber destroyed on rights of way o 
other uses, payments for timber cut or removed without previou 
permit, and damages assessed against persons setting fire to fores 
areas. 

(b) Grazing, $2,609,169.85: Payments for grazing privileges 01 f 
national forest ranges for cattle, horses, swine, sheep, and goats, ancr 
for unauthorized use of grazing areas. 

(c) Special uses, $223,057.0i : Payments for use of forest lands 
for various purposes, such as residences, camps, cabins, hotels, rights 
of way, agriculture, wharves, water power, telegraph and telephone 
lines, reservoirs, conduits, etc., and use of forest areas for turpentine 
extraction. 

Bene fits derived hy States from receipts from 7iational forests. — 
lender existing law 10 per cent of the forest receipts is expended by 
the Secretary of AgTiculture in the construction of roads and trails, 
and 25 per cent of the forest receipts is paid to the States by the 
Federal Government for the benefit of county schools and roads. 
The amounts expended in or paid in each State during the fiscal 
year 1919 are shown below : 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 



13 



States. 



School and 

road moneys 

payable to 

States. 



Road and 

trail 
moneys ex - 
peniable 
by Secre- 
tary of 
Agriculture, 



Alabama. 



^iwna . . 
I ;',nsas. 

, Jpmia. 

■ oado . . 

Wida.... 



'oe 

ni<;an.. 
nesota. 



)raska . 



.V Hampshire. 

vv Mexico 

rth Carolina... 

lahoma 

3gon 

ith Carolina. .. 
nth Dakota 



.f^*?-. 

■rgima 

lashinston... 
est Virginia, 
i'yoming 



Total. 



$123.08 

25, 456. 77 

113,152.97 

16,563.88 

129,259.73 

115,048.98 

4,075.77 

1,049.99 

115,767.60 

446.50 

146. 72 

2,944.25 

95,042.81 

3,601.01 



,661.05 
,.559.45 
, 327. 17 
,405.74 

220.36 
,784.41 
,134.17 
,650.64 
,283.14 
,772.57 

238. 77 
, 550. 93 



$49. 23 
10,182.71 
45,261.18 
6,625.55 
51,703.89 
.46,019.59 
1,630.31 

419.99 
46,307.04 

178.60 

1,177! 70 

38,017.13 

1,440.40 

12,275.36 

1,972.01 

33,864.42 

2,223.78 

530.87 

46,162.30 

88.15 

6,713.76 

853.67 

27,460.25 

1,313.26 

21,909.03 

95.51 

23,420.37 



.88 427,954.75 



.J, Additional henefts denved hy Arizona and New Mexico from re- 

\;>.^eipts from nafAoneil forests. — The States of Arizona and Xew Mexico 

leceived additional shares of national-forest receipts for their school 

funds on account of school lands included within national forests, as 

follows: Arizona, $58,775.88; XeAv Mexico, $20,091.41). 

APACHE NATIONAL FORK.ST, ARIZ. 

(Page S8, lino 19.) 

An increase in this item of $1,700 is recommended to provide for 
the salary and expenses of one scaler whose services are needed in 
connection with timber-sale Avork on this forest. 



ARKANSAS NATIONAL FOREST. ARK. 

(Page 38, line 21.) 

An increase in this item of $5,000 is recommended to provide ade- 
quate funds to meet the very extensive demands for timber on this 
forest. 

HKAKTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST, SIONT. 

(Pago 38, line 24.) 

An increase in this item of $2.1fiO is recommended to provide for 
the salaiy and expenses of em[)lovees needed in timber-sale work. 
Local mining industry is dependent on this forest for it^ mining: 
timber, and the heavy cut requires careful regulation. 



14 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, MONT. AND S. DAK. 

(Page 40, line 14.) 

An increase in this item of $2,640 is recommended. The 1020 act 
provided $2,830 for the Custer National Forest and $2,640 for the 
Sioux National Forest. These two forests will on July 1 next be 
combined under the name of the Custer National Fore^st, and the in- 
crease of $2,640 merely represents a transfer of the amount now 
provided for the Sioux National Forest in order to provide for the, 
combined area. 

SIEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, MONT. 

(Page 42, line 9.) 

An increase in this item of $3,000 is recommended to provide for 
increased expenses due to large timber sales on this forest, which is 
the source of heAvn ties for an important transcontinental railroad. 

PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. 

(Page 43, line 11.) 

An increase in this item of $4,400 is recommended. This increase 
is to provide for additional help to handle the heavy cutting opera- 
tions due to timber sales on this forest. The Plumas is one of the 
most active of all national forests as regards the timber-sales busi- 
ness. Sixteen large sales are in operation and the cut during the 
fiscal vear 1921 will, according to indications, be over 50.000,000 
board feet, valued at over $100,000. 

SANTA BARBARA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. 

(Page 43, line 20.) 

An increase in this item of $1,000 is recommended. The 1920 act 
carries $19,774 for the Santa Barbara and $3,547 for the Monterey 
National Forest. These two forests will be combined and $1,000 of 
the amount lieretofore appropriated for the Monterey National 
Forest has been transferred to the Santa Barbara National Forest 
in order to provide for the combined area. 

SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. 
(Page 44, line 6.) . 

An increase in this item of $3,700 is recommended to provide for 
the salaries and expenses of three timber scalers needed on account 
of increasing timber-sale business on this forest. 

ADDITIONAL NATIONAL FORESTS. 

(Page 45, line 14.) 

The committee recommends an increase of $7,900 in this item to 
care for increased business on new national forests. The forests 
included in this item consist of lands which have been acquired in 
the White Mountains and the Southern Appalachians under the 
provisions of the so-called Weeks law. 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 15 

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
(Pago 47, line 4.) 

There is an increase in this item of $11,100, which will provide the 
same amount that is available this year. The increase is needed in 
order to make possible the replacement of supplies and equipment 
which were turned over to the War Department during the war. 

FOREST PRODUCTS INVESTIGATIONS. 

(Page 47, line 7.) 

The committee recommends an increase in this item of $50,000, 
which will be used for the continuation of the investigational work 
at the Forest Products Laboratory, including investigations of box 
tests and drying of woods, the development of treatments to prevent 
losses by decay and fire, reduction of wastes in lumber manufacture, 
and increased efficiency in pulp and paper manufacture. 

SILVICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 48, line 1.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $68,728, and 
over the 1920 act of $25,000. This increase will be used for the con- 
tinued maintenance of the forest experiment stations in the West, 
for investigations regarding the depletion of our forests and its con- 
sequences, and for working out plans to meet the situation. 

RECONNAISSANCE OF FOREST RESOUTICES. 
(Page 48, line 6.) 

The amount of this item has been reduced $25,000, and the follow- 
ing proviso inserted by the House, making this amount available for 
ascertaining the appraised value of pasturage on national forests as 
the basis of charges for grazing permits, has been omitted : 

Provided, That $2.5,000 may be usimI by the Secretary of A.criculture for the 
purpose of ascertaining the appraised vahie of pasturage upon the national 
forests, which appraised value, when determined, may, in the discretion of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, be tlie basis of the charge for grazing i)ermits upon 
such forests. 

MISCELLANEOUS FOREST INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 48, line 16.) 

There is an increase in this item of $G,280, which will provide the 
.same amount tliat is available this year. This sum is needed for the 
maintenance of statistical and other records of current investigations 
and for completing the preparation in final form of official documents 
and reports. 

NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENT. 

(Page 4S, line 20.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $.")0.000, 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the 



16 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

current year. This sum is required, in the opinion of the com- 
mittee, for necessary im])rovements on the 151 national forests, in- 
chiding fire breaks, lookout structures, telephone lines, pasture 
fences, etc. 

Bureau or Che:mistry. 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

iNVKsTiOATToNs IX xoiucri/nuA 1. ( 11 i::m I S'l KV. 



This item in the pending; bill represents a combination of three 
existing items — (1) the application of chemistry to agriculture, (2) 
the biological investigation of food and drug products, and (3) the 
study and improvement of methods of utilizing by-products of citrus 
fruits. The committee has increased the combined item by $4,000, 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- 
rent year. This sum vsnll enable the Bureau of Chemistry to con- 
tinue important investigations of the feeding value of corn and other 
grains and certain by-products, such as peanut press cake, copra press 
cake, and soy bean cake, which may supplement the grains. 

POULTRY, EGGS, AND FISH IX\ESTTGATTONS. 

(Page r.2, line 18.) 

This item is a combination of the present items for (1) poultry 
and egg investigations and (2) fish and oyster investigations, the 
appropriations for which aggregate $()5,o6o. The committee has 
increased the combined item by $10,000. which will provide approxi- 
mately the same amount that is availal)le this year. The valuable 
results that have been secured in preventing losses of poultry, eggs, 
and fish are well known. This work has a direct bearing on in- 
creasing the market supply of these essential food articles, and its 
importance at this time is accentuated because of the prevailing prices 
of these products. 

ENKOECEXIEXT OF THE FOOD AXI) UEUGS ACT. 

(Page 5.3, line 12.) 

There is an increase in this item of $50,000 oAer the House bill 
and of $20,000 over the 1920 act. taking into consideration transfers 
to the statutory roll. In the opinion of the committee this sum is 
recjuired for the effective enforcement of the food and drugs act. 

ENFOECEMK.XT OF THE TEA TilPOinWTIOX ACT. 
(Page .54, line 4.) 

This item is merely transferred from page 5G and there is no 
change either in the language or amount of the appropriation. 

INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Pago 5.5, line 12.1 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $5,000 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 17 

rent jeAV. This siini is required for the continued prosecution of the 
investigations looking to the improvement of insecticides and fungi- 
cides and the development of new materials for use in their prepara- 
tion. 

ITll.I/.ATIOX OF WOOL-SCOUUIXG WA.STK. 

(Page 55, lino 22.) 

There is an increase in this item of $3,000 over the House bill, but 
there is no increase in the amount that is available during the cur- 
rent year. The increase v^ill be used for continuing the prosecution 
of studies looking to the development of better methods of utilizing 
wool-scouring wastes. 

Bureau of Soils. 
statutory salaries. 

(Page 57, line 5.) 

The statutory' roll of the Bureau of Soils carries a decrease below 
the House bill of $20, as indicated in detail in the following table : 

Places below $1,200 dropped : 

7 clerk.s. $1,000 each . $7,000 

2 draftsmen, at $1,000 each 2,000 

1 messenger or laborer 480 

10 $9,480 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

2 clerks, class 2 2,800 

3 clerks, class 1 3, GOO 

2 draftsmen, at $1,200 each 2,400 

1 messenger or laborer 6G0 

S _9^i60 

Actual decrease below Hou.se bill 20 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

SOIL CHEMIC.Vr, INVE.STIGATIONS. 
(Page 58, line 7.) 

There is an increase in the item of $2,500. Avhich will i)rovide the 
same amount that is available this year. The increase will be used 
for investigations relative to the inorganic composition of soils and 
studies of the liming of soils. 

SOIL SUUVEY INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 58, line 21.) 

This item carrying an appropriation of $178,900 has l)een elimi- 
nated. 



S. Kept. 469, 66-2 2 



18 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION" BILL. 

Bureau of Extomologt. 
statutory salaries. 

(Page 59, line 19.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Entomolog}' carries an increase 
of $1,580 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following 
table : 
Places below $1,200 dropped : 

2 clerks, at $1,000 each $2,000 

1 laborer 540 

1 laborer — 480 

4 ■ $3, 020 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

3 eutomological preparators, at $1,000 each 3, 000 

Net decrease 20 

In addition to the above readjustment of places, the committee 
recommends one new place at $1,600, to pro"sade for the transfer of 
an employee from a lump fund, which has been reduced in the House 
bill by $1,600: 

New place : 

1 clerk, class 3 $1,600 

Actual increase over House bill 1, .580 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

DECIDUOUS-FEUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 

(Page 61, line 1.) 

The proviso making $9,600 available for the investigation of in- 
sects affecting the pecan and method of control of same has been 
eliminated, but the amount of the item has not been changed. In the 
opinion of the committee the proviso is unnecessary, as the work 
contemplated by it is authorized by the general language of the 
paragraph. 

SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 61, line 9.) 

The amount of this item has been increased $45,000 to provide 
additional funds for cotton-boll weevil investigations. The possi- 
bility of the practical control of the weevil in the Mississippi Delta 
region by the use of calcium arsenate in dust form has been demon- 
strated. In some instances the per acre yield of cotton has been 
doubled by the application of this insecticide. New types of both 
hand and power machines have also been developed. Further im- 
provement in both poison and machines in the interest of economy is 
possible, and investigations should be made in different parts of the 
cotton belt in order to determine the exact methods essential for 
success in different environments. 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 19 

MISCELLANEOUS INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page Gl, line 24.) 

The committee has increased this item by $10,000, which will pro- 
vide the same amount that is available durino; the current year- 
Much of the basic work in the taxononiic study of the actual insects 
upon which the economic workers are engaged is done by trained 
specialists of the highest authority, provided for under this appro- 
priation, and every branch of the Bureau of p]ntomolog\' is dependent 
upon the specific information which this work yields. 

PRE\'ENTING SPKEAD OF ItOTHS. 
(Page 62, line 8.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $102,650, 
wdiich will provide the same amount that is available during the 
current year, taking into consideration the transfer of $1,G00 to the 
statutory roll. The situation with regard to moth control is very 
serious. With the greatest difficulty these insects have been held 
within their present geographic limits by the expenditure of the 
entire amount provided for the purpose. In addition to Federal 
funds, the New England States are expending this year in the fight 
against these pests more than $790,000. The gypsy moth in New 
Hampshire is now within 25 miles of the New York State line, and 
every effort must be made to prevent its further spread. 

Bureau or Biological Sur\'ey. 

STATUTORY SALARIES. 

(Page 63, line 6.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Biological Survey carries a 
decrease below the House bill of $20, as indicated in detail in the 
following table : 

Places below $1,2(10 dropped : 

2 clerks, at $900 each .$1,800 

1 clerk 840 

1 clerk . 720 

1 messenger boy 360 

5 $3, 720 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

1 clerk, class 2 1.400 

1 clerk, class 1 1,200 

1 clerk 1.100 

3 3, 700 

Actual decrease below House bill 20 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

JitAINTENANCE OF RESERVATIONS. 

(Page 64, line 1.) 

There is an increase in this item of $5,135, which will be used for 
the maintenance of the bird and game reservations under the juris- 
diction of the department. 



20 AGRICULTUEE APPROPEIATION BILL. 

I'OOD HABITS OF BIKUS AND MAWHALS. 

(Page 64, line 21.) 

Tlie amount of this item has been reduced by $15,000 and the words 
" ground squirrels " eliminated. 

Division of Accounts and Disbursements. 

statutory salaries. 

(Page 67, line 19.) 

Tlie statutory roll of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements^^ 
carries no increase, but the following readjustment of places has been, 
made : 

Places below $1,200 dropped : 

4 clerks, at $1,000 each : $4,000- 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

2 clerks, class 2 $2. 800 

I clerk, class 1 1, 200 

3 4,000> 
Division of Publications. 

statutory salaries. 

(Page 68, line 6.) 

The .statutory roll of the Division of Publications carries an in- 
crease of $24,480, as indicated in detail in the following table : 

Places below $1,200 dropped : 

10 clerks, at $900 each $9,000 

1 lantern-slide colorist 900 

7 messengers or laborers, at $720 each 5, 040 

1 messenger boy 480 

19 $15, 420 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

1 clerk, class 4 1,800 

2 clerks, class 3 3, 200 

2 clerks, class 2 2,800 

2 clerk.s, class 1 2,400 

1 lantern-slide colorist 1, 200 

2 foremen, at $1,400 each 2. 800 

1 foreman L 1, 200 

II 15, 400- 

Net decrease 20- 

In addition to the above readjustment the committee 
has made the following changes in the statutory roll 
of the division : 
New places : ' 

1 executive assistant $2, 500 

1 indexer or compiler , 1, 800 

1 draftsman or photographer 1, 600 

1 clerk, class 2 1, 400 

4 $7, 300 

Places dropped : 

1 draftsman or i)hotographer 1. 400 

1 messenger or laborer 720 

2 2,120 

5, 180 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIOX BIIX. 21 

Transfers from lump funds of other bureaus, with funds 
were reduced accordingly : 

2 draftsmen or photographers, at $1,800 each $8, 6(X) 

1 assistant 2.400 

2 assistants, at $2.340 4,680 

1 assistant 2, 200 

1 laboratory aid 840 

2 clerks, class 3 3,200 

2 clerks, class 1 2,400 

11 $19, 320 

$24. uOO 

Actual increase 24. 480 

Provision lias been made in the Hotise bill for the transfer to the 
Division of Publications of the exhibit and information work of the 
department, Avhicli is provided for nnder the office of the Secretary 
in the 1920 act, and the committee believes that the above changes 
should be made. 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS. 

(Page 70, line 20.) 

The following- additional language has been added to this para- 
:graph in order to authorize all expenses which the department may 
be called upon to incur in connection with its exhibit work : 

for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment ; for telephone and tele- 
.5ra|)h service, freight and express charges ; for travel ; and for every other 
expense necessary, including the employment of assistants and the payment of 
xent outside the city of Washington. 

DETAILS OF EMPLOYEES. 
(Page 71, line 7.) 

The following paragraph providing for details from and to the 
Division of Publications has been inserted : 

Hereafter employees of the Division of Publications may be detailed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture for publication, information, and related work in any 
of the bureaus or offices of the department, for duty in or out of the District of 
Columbia, and employees of the bureaus and offices may also be detailed to the 
Division of Publications for duty in or out of the District of Columbia, travel- 
ing expenses of employees so detailed, when necessary, to be paid from the 
appropriation of the bureau or office in connection with which such travel is 
performed. 

At present the exhiliit work is conducted as an activity of the office 
•of the Secretary, and temporary details of scientific and technical 
men to accompany exhibits, make demonstrations, etc., can be made 
as necessary under existing authority relating to details to and from 
the office of the Secretary. As the work will hereafter be carried on 
in the Division of Publications, the committee believes that the above 
provision should be incoiporated in the bill. 



22 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Bureau of Crop Estimates, 
statutory salaries. 

(Page 71, line 19.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Crop Estimates carries a de- 
crease below the House bill of $40, as indicated in detail in the fol- 
lowing table : 

Places below .$1,200 dropped : 

10 clerks, at $1,000 each $10,000 

24 clerks, at $900 each 21, 600 

1 luesseuger 840 

3 messenger boys, at $660 each 1. 980 

1 messenger boy 480 

39 $34,900 

Places substituted for places d-ropped: 

26 clerks, class 1 31,200 

1 messenger 900 

3 messenger boys, at $720 each 2, 160 

1 messenger boy 600 

31 34, S60 

Actual decrease below House bill 40' 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

INTKODUCTORY PAEAGRAPH. 

(Page 72, line 4.) 

The words " and other Federal, State, and local agencies " have- 
been inserted to enable the bureau to continue to cooperate with other 
branches of the Federal Department of Agriculture, with State de- 
partments of agriculture, with State colleges of agTiculture, and ex- 
tension services, and with private agencies and individuals. The* 
bureau has already entered into formal cooperative relations with 
State departments of agriculture in 15 States, and contemplates 
similar cooperation in other States, whereby duplication of work is 
avoided, expenses are economized, and the service greatly improved.. 
The bureau also cooperates with other Federal, State, and private?- 
agencies and with about 215,000 voluntary crop reporters. 

EXPENSES IN WASHINGTON. 
(Page 72, line 12.) 

The committee has increased this item by $5,480, which will pro- 
vide the same amount that is available this year. The increase will 
be used for the purchase and maintenance of necessary equipment 
and supplies. 



agkicultuee appropriation bill. 23 

Library. 



STATUTORY SALARIES, 



(Page 72, line 22.) 



The statutory roll of the Library carries no increase, but the fol- 
]()^ving readjustment of places has been made: 

IMaces below $1,200 ilroppea : 

(J clei-ks, at $900 each .$5, 400 

1 clerk ' 840 

7 $6, 240 

Places substituted for place.? clropped : 

1 clerk, class 4 $1,800 

1 clerk, class 3 1. 600 

1 clerk 1, 440 

1 clerk, class 2 : ^_ 1,400 

4 G, 240 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 
(Page 73, line 5.) 

There is an increase in this item of $4,000. Avhich will be used to 
meet the increa,sed cost of books and library equipment and supplies. 

States Relations Service. 

statutory salaries. 



(Page 74, line 15.) 

Tlie statutory roll of the States Relations Service carries an in- 
crease of $340 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the fol- 
lowing table : 

New place : 

1 messenger or laborer $600 

I'laces below $1,200 clropped: 

8 clerks, at $900 each $2, 700 

1 clerk 840 

1 clerk 720 

5 $4, 260 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

2 clerks, at $2,000 each 4,000 

260 

Actual increase over the House bill 340 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

farmers' institutes. 
(Page 78, line 8.) 

This iteui. carrying an appropriation of $16,360, has been elimi- 
nated. 



24 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

INSULAR STATIONS. 
(Page 78, line 19.) 

The increase of $5,000 in this paragraph has been added to the 
sub item for the Virgin Ishinds. to provide for the emploj'ment of 
a chemist and an extension agent. 

BUREAU or PUBLIC ROADS. 

STATUTORY SALARIES. 
(Page 80, line 11.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Public Eoads carries a de- 
crease below tiie House bill of $400, as indicated in detail in the 
following table : 

Places below $1,200 dropped: 

5 clerks, at $1,000 each $5, 000 

4 clerks, at $900 each 3, 600 

9 $S, 600 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

5 clerks, class 2 7,000 

1 clerk, class 1 1, 200 

6 S, 200 

Actual decrease below House bill ' 400 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 

ROAD MATERIAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(Page 82, line 4.) 

The following clause has been added to this paragraph and is self- 
explanatory : 

including cooperation with State and municipal governments in roadside plant- 
ing of ornamental fruit and nut-bearing trees, the beautification of highways, 
and the education of the public to a fuller appreciation of scenic values as a 
factor in rural development and as a nationalizing influence. 

FIELD EXPERIMENTS. 

(Page 82, line 18.) 

While this appears as a new item, it merely restores, in slightly 
modified form, the item carried in the act for 1920 and previous 
acts. The language of the item, as modified by the committee, 
eliminates existing authority for the erection of buildings, and the 
language requiring experimental work to be confined, as nearly as 
possible, to one point during a fiscal year. The amount, also, has 
been reduced from $60,000 to $50,000. " 

Under this appropriation work of great importance is under way 
which can not be conducted under the provisions of any other para- 
graph in the bill. Sections of experimental road have already been 
constructed in the vicinity of Washington and elsewhere. These 



AGPJCULTUEE APPROPPJATIOX BILL. 25 

roads are now under obsei'vati(m to determine the ett'ect of traffic 
upon them, and part of the funds requested under this item is re- 
quired to maintain these roads durino- the period of observation. 
If tlie appropriaticm is not continued, the maintenance of these roads 
will lapse and cause the country to lose a laroe part of the benefit 
Avhich should accrue from previous expenditures. 

la-RAL ENGINEEKI.\(;. 
(Page 84. Ifne 5.) 

The hino:uage of this paragraph has been slightly modified by in- 
serting the word '' sanitary *' between the words " farm •' and " do- 
mestic,*' in line 5. and by substituting the word '' sewage " for the 
word " drainage," in line 6, the committee being of the opinion that 
these modifications Avill more clearly indicate the character of the 
work contemphited. 

Bureau of Markets, 
statutory sai.aries. 

(Page 84, line 19.) 

The statutory roll of the Bureau of Markets carries a decrease be- 
low the House bill of $1,380, as indicated in detail in the following 
table : 

Places below $1,200 dropped: 

37 clerks, at $1,000 each .$37. 000 

2 clerks, at $960 each 1.920 

24 clerks, at $900 each 21, 600 

3 clerks, at $840 each 2. ri20 

1 laboratory helper 900 

1 laboratory aid 960 

3 laboratory aids, at $900 each 2. 700 

1 laboratory aid 840 

1 laboratory aid 720 

7 telegraph operators, at $1,200 each 8. 400 

1 telegrapli operator 1. 080 

1 map tracer 600 

7 machine operators, at $900 each 6. .300 

3 messenger boys, at .$420 each 1,260 

1 messenger boy 360 

1 messenger boy 300 

94 $87,460 

Places substituted for places dropped : 

1 administrative assistant 2. 100 

1 executive clerk 2.000 

1 clerk, class 3 1.600 

1 clerk l.nOO 

2 clerks, class 2 2.800 

1 clerk 1.380 

43 clerks, class 1 Hi. 600 

13 clerks, at .$1,100 each 14.300 

4 machine operators, at $1,400 each 5.600 

2 machine operator^, at .$1,000 each 2.000 

2 messenger boys, at $600 each 1. 200 

— 86,080 

71 

Actual dccrca.sc below IIou.^c 1.111 1,380 



26 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

GENERAL EXPENSES. 
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING FARM PRODUCTS. 
(Page 86, line 19.) 

While there is an increase in this item over the House bill of 
$11,540, the amount recommended is the same as that provided b}'- 
the 1920 act. The following proviso also has been added : 

Provided, That uot le.ss than $20,000 shall be used for a study of the methods- 
of preveiitiou of losses by deterioration, decay, and freezing of fruits and vege- 
tables in storage and in transit in refrigerator cars, heater cars, and ocean 
including demonstrations of such methods. 



This item provides for the general investigational and demonstra- 
tional work of the Bureau of Markets, which is a basis not only 
for recommendations regarding improvements in specific phases or 
processes of marketing but for the constructive and efficient conduct 
of all of the regulatory and service work of that bureau. The new 
proviso requires the expenditure of not less than $20,000 for the 
study of methods of prevention of losses by deterioration in trans- 
portation and storage, which work the committee believes to be 
important. 

MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON LIVE STOCK AND MEATS. 
(Page SS, line 1.) 

This item is recommended in lieu of the item in the House bill on 
page 87, line 7. As changed, the language is simplified and clari- 
fied and carries the necessary authority for conducting the work. 
No change has been made in the amount of the appropriation. 

MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND DAIRY AND POULTRY 
PRODUCTS. 

(Page 88, line 6.) 

The Avord " market " has been inserted in this paragraph in order 
to more clearl}^ indicate the character of work contemplated. 

MARKET INSPECTION OF PERISHABLE FOODS. 
(Page 88, line 19.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $8,300^ 
Avhich will provide approximately the same amount that is carried 
in the 1920 act. This sum will be used for inspecting perishable 
products, including especially fruits and vegetables, at important 
central markets. 

STATE COOPERATION IN MARKETING WORK. 
(Page 89, line 16.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $37,750, 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- 
rent year. This sum Avill make possible the continuation of the exist- 
ing cooperative arrangements with 25 States for the joint study of 
marketing problems. 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 27 

ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COTTON -FUTURES ACT. 
(Page 90, line 13.) 

The following- proviso has been added to this paragraph in order 
to indicate the intention of Congress that the amendments to the 
cotton-futures act included in the wheat guaranty act of March 4, 
1919, should be permanent legislation: 

Provided, Tliat the anioiidments to said act contained in section 6 of the act of 
March 4. 1919 (Public, Numbered 348, Sixty-tilth Congress), are herel)y recog- 
nized' and declared to be permanent legislation. 

An.AflNISTRATION OF THE UNrfED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT. 

(rase 91, line 8.) 

There is an increase in this item oxqv the House bill of $'2.">.C00 and 
over the 1920 act of $15,000. 

Eegulations have been framed for carrying out the provisions of 
the act and the advantages to be gained have been brought to the at- 
tention of warehousemen, bankers, producers, and other parties inter- 
ested. Eegulations have already been issued and are in eifect for 
cotton and grain warehouses. Tentative regulations have been drawn 
and hearings are being held with respect to wool warehouses. Other 
regulations are in process of preparation for tobacco warehouses. 

In the opinion of the committee, the increase proposed is necessary 
for the proper administration of the act. 

COMPLETION OF WOOL WORK. 
(Page 91, line 15.) 

The committee has decreased the amount of this item by $10,000. 

Enforcement of the Insecticide Act. 

statutory salaries. 

(Page 91, line 24.) 

The statutory roll under the section for the enforcement of the 
insecticide act carries no increase, but the following readjustment 
of places has been made : 

I'laces below .$1,200 dropped : 

1 clerk $1.0<^) 

2 clerks and sample collectors, at $1,000 each 2, 000 

•? $3.00(> 

Places substituted for places dropped: 

1 insecticide and fungicide inspector 1,000 

1 insecticide and fungicide inspector 1,400 

2 3,000 

Federal Horticultural Board. 

statutory salaries. 

(Page 93, lino 2.1 

There is no increase in the statutory roll of the Federal Horti- 
cultural Board, but two places, each reading " one executive clerk. 



28 AGRICULTURE APPEOPKIATIOX BILL. 

?'*2.0(K).-' have been combined so as to read '' two executive clerks, at 
^'2.000 each." 

Amendment to the plant quarantine net. 
(Pago 94, line 8.) 

Tlie following amendment to the plant quarantine act of August 
20, 1912, has been inserted by the committee : 

That the plant quarantine act, approved August 20, 1912 (Thirty-seventh 
Statutes, page 315), be, aud is hereby, amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following section : 

" Sec. 15. That in order further to control and eradicate and to prevent the 
dissemination of dangerous plant diseases and insect infections and infestations 
no plant or plant products for or capable of propagation, including nursery 
stock, hereinafter referred to as plants and plant products, shall be moved or 
allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, or carried by any means whatever 
into or out of the District of Columbia, except in compliance with such rules 
and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture as here- 
inafter provided. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture, after investigation, 
shall deteriuine that any plants and plant products in the District of Columbia 
are infested or infected with insect pests and diseases and that any place, 
articles, and substances used or connected therewith are so infested or infected, 
written notice thereof shall be given by him to the owner or person in possession 
or control thereof, and such owner or person shall forthwith control or eradicate 
and prevent the dissemination of such insect pest or disease and shall remove, 
cut. or destroy such infested and infected plants, plant products, and articles 
and substances used or connected therewith, which are hereby declared to be 
nuisances, within the time and in the manner required in said notice or by 
the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. Whenever such owner 
or person can not be found, or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with the 
foregoing provisions of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 
authorized and required to control and eradicate and prevent dissemination of 
such insect pest or disease and to remove, cut, or destroy infested or infected 
plants and plant products and articles and substances used or connected there- 
with, and the United States shall have an action of debt against such owner 
or persons for expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture in that behalf. 
Employees of the Federal Horticultural Board are hereby authorized and re- 
quired to inspect places, plants, and plant products and articles and substances 
used or connected therewith whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall de- 
termine that such inspections are necessary for the purposes of this section. 
For the purpose of carrying, out the provisions and requirements of this section 
and of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made here- 
imder, and the notices given pursuant thereto, employees of the Federal Horti- 
cultural Board shall have power with a warrant to enter into or upon any 
place and open any bundle, package, or other container of plants or plant 
products whenever they shall have cause to believe that infections or Infesta- 
tions of plant pests and diseases exist therein or thereon, and when such in- 
fections or infestations are found to exist, after notice by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture to the owner or person in possession or control thereof and an oppor- 
tunity by said owner or person to be heard, or destroy the infected or infested 
plants or plant products contained therein. The police court or the municipal 
courts of the District of Columbia shall have power, upon information supported 
by oath or affirmation showing probable cause for believing that there exists in 
any place, bundle, package, or other container in the District of Columbia any 
plant or plant product which is infected or infested with plant pests or dis- 
ease, to issue warrants for the search for and seizure of all such plants and 
plant products. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he 
is hereby required, from time to time, to make and promulgate such rules and 
regulations as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and 
any person who shall move or allow to be luoved, or shall ship, transport, or 
carry, by any eans whatever, any plant or plant products from or into the 
District of Coli nbia, except in cov pUance with the rules and regulations pre- 
scribed under tl.is section, shall o ' punished, as is provided in section 10 of 
this act." 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 29 

Tliis amendment confers on the Secretary of Agriculture authority 
to rec^uhite the movement of plants and plant products, including- 
nursery stock, from or into the District of Columbia, and power to 
control injurious plant diseases and insect pests within the District. 
There is at present no law under ^\hicll the movement of diseased 
and insect-infested nursery stock and other plants and jilant prod- 
ucts into the District of Columbia from surroundin*: or other States 
can be adequately controlled except by the cumbersome and imprac- 
ticable method of quarantiniufr all the rest of the United States with 
respect to the District of C()luml)ia, nor is there authority for con- 
ti'ol and extermination Avithin the District of Columbia of plant 
pests and diseases. The powers requested are such as are exercised 
in practically all the States and Territories of the United States and 
are necessary for the alignment of the District of Columbia with 
plant-pest control exercised elsewhere. 

.MISCELLAXEOUS. 

DEMONSTRATIONS OX RFXLAMATION PROJECTS. 

(Page 97, line 15.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $17,000, 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the 
current year, taking into consideration the transfer of $1,600 to the 
statutory roll. The Government has already invested large sums of 
mone,y in the reclamation projects. The success of the settlers is 
one of the surest ways of safeguarding this investment and the suc- 
cess of the farmers depends upon sound agricultural practices. The 
committee belicAes, therefore, that thC*i'e should be no curtailment 
in the work contemplated by this item. 

FIGHTING AND PREVENTING FOREST FIRES. 
fPage 97, line 22.) 

An increase of $G0,000 has been made in this item and the follow- 
ing clause added : 

and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the War Dopart- 
luent in tlie maintenance of an air palrol for fire prevention and supprossion in 
the National Forests of the Pacific Coast and the Rockv Mountain reL'ions, 
,S60,000. 

Under cooperative arrangements Avith the War Department the 
u.se of airplanes for hre protection and suppression was started last 
summer, in an experimental way, in some of the national forests in 
California with very beneficial results. It seems desirable to extend 
the airi)lane j^atrol to the forest regions of the entire Northwest : that 
is, to include California, Oregon, Idaho, AVashington, and Montana. 
This area comprises over half of the remaining timber in the United 
States. 

COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION. 

(Page 98, line"^.) 

There is an increase in this item over the Hou.sc bill of $50,000, 
and over the 1920 act of $25,000. Under this item the department 



30 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

cooperates with the various States in the protection from fire of 
forested watersheds of navigable streams under the so-called Weeks 
forestry- law of March 1, 1911. The fund is used almost exclusively 
for the hire of men to patrol the forests. Since 1917, due to the ma- 
terial increase in wages in the lumber woods, from Mhicli source the 
men are largely recruited, the operating cost of lire protective work 
has increased well over 50 per cent, and it has therefore been found 
necessary from time to time to reduce the force, resulting in a lower- 
ing of the fire protective standard, which in many places is below the 
point of safety. Due to the accelerated rate at wdiich timberlands 
have been and are being cut off under the stimulus of war demands 
and high lumber prices, the fire hazard has been materially increased 
through the large amount of slashings left in the woods. The States 
naturally expect the Federal Government to assume its fair propor- 
tion of the increased cost of protection of the forested watersheds 
of navigable streams. Furthermore, just at this time, when the 
seriousness of the timber situation is becoming more and more 
acute, the Federal Government should be the leader to stimulate State 
activities in protecting from fire not only standing timber but also 
cut-over lands so that a replacement of the forest on such lands may 
be secured. 

EXPERIMENTS IX DAIRYING AND LIVE-STOCK PRODITCTION. 
(Page 99, line 3.) 

There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $10,000 
which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- 
rent year. The investigations conducted under this item were begun 
in 1916 after several years of careful consideration of the problem 
by a joint committee, representing the Bureau of Animal Industry 
and the Bureau of Plant Inclustry, which has since directed the work. 
In the prosecution of the work small herds of dairy stock, hogs, beef 
cattle, and sheep have been established at certain irrigated and dry- 
land field stations in the northern Great Plains area for the purpose 
of working out practical problems in the most effective utilization of 
the food and forage crops produced in that region. The committee, 
recognizing the importance of this work, concluded that it would 
be unwise to reduce the amount of the appropriation. 

PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES. 
(Page 99, line 13.) 

This item carries no appropriation. It merely authorizes the use 
of a small portion of the lump-fund appropriations of the various^ 
bureaus for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of 
motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrving vehicles. The 
committee increased the limitation from $60,000 to $75,000, the 
amount prescribed by the 1920 act, the additional $15,000 to be avail- 
able for the purchase of vehicles. To authorize the use of appro- 
priations of the purchase of vehicles, the word " purchase " has been 
inserted in line 15 and the following proviso inserted in line 19: 

Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of this amount shall be exnentled for 
the purcha.se of .such vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for 
official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the 
continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia. 



AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIOX BILL. 31 

The paragraph as amended is similar to the language of the 1920 
act. 

ERADICATION OF rOOT-AXn-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTACilOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 
(Page 100, line 10.) 

The words " including the blowflj?- and screw worm in live stock 
and poultry " has been eliminated from the title of this paragraph. 

ERADICATION OF PINK BOI.LWORM. 
(Page 101, lino 24.) 

There is an increase in this item of $300,000, $200,000 of which is 
made immediately available to meet the serious situation which con- 
fronts the cotton industry in the State of Louisiana by reason of the 
wide establishment of the pink bollworm in Cameron Parish and the 
distribution of infested seed and cotton from this district during the 
past two years to various points in Louisiana and Texas. The bal- 
ance of the increase, $100,000, will be used for control work in Texas 
and other States. In its estimates of appropriations the department 
suggested a reduction in the pink bollworm item of $200,000, as it 
was thought at that time that $388,560 would adequately meet the 
needs for 1921. The pest has, however, reappeared in the Trinity 
Bay district of Texas and in Louisiana. With the recurrence of this 
insect the amount carried in the House bill and that recommended 
in the estimates will be inadequate to cope with the situation. The 
appropriation suggested by the committee represents onlj' a slight 
increase over funds at present available. 

PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER. 

(Page 103, line 17.) 

This is a new item, and carries an appropriation of $500,000, 
$250,000 of which is made available upon the approval of the act. 
The necessity for this appropriation was set forth in a supplemental 
estimate to the Congress by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

The European corn borer, it is believed, was brought into this 
country in 1908-0 with an importation, chiefly from Hungary, of 
approximately 10,000 tons of broom corn. Some hundreds of tons 
of this imported broom corn. Avere utilized near Boston, and like 
quantities went to the region in New York where the insect was 
first discovered. The ])ulk of the importation was shipped to St. 
Louis and other central .southern cities. Some of these shi])ments 
have been traced to their destinations, but they should all l)e fol- 
lowed up and located and the districts involved should be given an 
intensive inspection to determine possible infestations. In view of 
the large number of food plants of the corn borer, of its spread as 
now known in this countr}-, and of the likelihood that, as a result 
of surveys which should be made next year, it will prove to be even 
more widely distributed, it is realized that extermiuation is prob- 
ably out of the question. In view of the ]i()ssil)ilities of damage hy 
the pest, it is essential that this appropriation be made to enable tiic 



32 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIOIN BILL. 

(lepartmont. working in close cooperation with the States concerned, 
fully to determine the status of the insect as an enemy to corn and 
other crops, its present distribution, the possibilities and methods of 
control, and enforcement of the necessary quarantine. 

Woonw AKl). OKLA.. I'lKT.D STATIOX. LIVE-STOCK DEI'AKT.MKXT. 

(Page 104, lino 1.) 

The followino- paragraph carrying an appropriation of $10,000 
has been inserted by the committee : 

For the e!?tablishiiient in connection with the Woodward, Oklahoma, field 
station, of a live-stock department, through which ex]ierinients and demonstra- 
tions in live-stock breeding, growing, and feeding, including both beef and 
dairy animals, may be made, $10,000. 

It provides for the establishment of a live-stock department in 
conjunction with the Woodward, Okla., field station for the conduct 
of experiments and demonstrations in live-stock breeding, growing, 
and feeding of beef and dairy animals. 

INTERNATIONAL 3''AKiI CONGKESS. 

(Page 104, line 6.) 

The folloAving paragraphs, carrying an appropriation of $5,000 as 
the contribution of the United States toward the expenses of the in- 
ternational conference of agriculttire to be held by the International 
Farm Congress during the fiscal year 1921, has been inserted by the 
committee : 

For the use of the International Farm Congress, being the contribution of 
the United States toward the expenses of holding an international conference 
of agriculture within the United States during the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1921. in connection with the fifteenth annual sessions of the International 
Farm Congress, $5,000, 

The President is authorized to extend invitations to other nations to said 
conference: Provided, That no appropriation be made to defray the expenses 
of such delegates. 

JOINT COir:N[ITTEE ON SHORT-TIME RX'RAL CREDITS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(Page 104, line 15.) 

The following item, carrying an appropriation of $15,000 to defray 
the expenses of a joint committee to investigate and report as to 
the practicability of establishing a system of short-time rural credits 
and to recommend appropriate legislation, has been inserted by the 
committee : 

There is herel)y constituted a joint committee of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, to consist of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agri- 
culture and Forestry, the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, 
and the chairmen of the Committees on Banking and Currency of the two Houses, 
and two other members of each of said committees, to be designated by the 
chairmen of the respective committees, and it shall be the duty of said joint 
coinniittee to investigate and report at as early a date as may be as to the prac- 
lical)ility of establishing a system of short-time rural credits in the United 
States and to recommend such legislation as may be deemed practicalile and 
desirable to that end. The said committee is hereby authorized to hold meet- 
ings either during or between .sessions. 



AGRICULTURE iVPPROPRIATION BILL. 33 

The sum of .$15,000 is hereby .-iiiproprijitea, the saine to be immediately avail- 
able, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray 
all necessary expenses of said joint committee, payment of said expenses to be 
made upon vouchers approved by the chairman of said joint committee, who 
shall be selected by the committee. 

ACTUAL SUBSISTKNCE EXPKN'SES. 

(Page 105, line 17.) 

This is a new item, the effect of which is to increase from $5 to $6 
per diem the present limitation on the amount that may be paid for 
actual subsistence expenses to officers of and employees of the depart- 
ment while traveling on official business. The increased cost of sub- 
sistence during the past two or three years makes it necessary that 
the rate be advanced in order to meet present conditions. 

PER DIEM ALLOWANCE. 
(Puge 105, line 23.) 

This is a new item, the effect of which is to increase from $4 to 
$6 the present limitation on the per diem in lieu of subsistence that 
may be allowed officers and employees of the department while trav- 
eling on official business. The reasons for increasing the limitation 
on actual subsistence expenses from $5 to $6, • as set forth above, 
apply with equal force to the proposed increase in the limitation 
on the per diem allowance. 

ESTAHI.ISUMK.NT OF A I'LANT-DETENTION STAllOX. 

(Page 106, line 6.) 

The following paragraph, making available during the fiscal year 
1921 the unexpended balance of an appropriation of $50,000 made 
by the 1920 act for the purchase of land and the establishment of a 
plant-detention station, has been inserted: 

That so much of the appropriation of $.")0,000 made by the aiiricultural ap- 
propriation act for the tl.scal year 1920, foi- the purchase of not to exceed 
fifty acres of land near the city of Washin,i;t<)n. District of Columliia. and the 
erection thereon <»f all necessary buildini^s and e(iuipment. and for the estab- 
lishment of a plant-inspection and detention st;ilion as remains uuexpendetl 
at the close of the said fiscal year, is hereby reappropriated and made avail- 
able for expenditure during the fiscal year ending .Tune 80, 1921, for the pur- 
poses named under the .same conditions iis prescribed in the said act. 

This provision, if enacted into law, will merely extend the time 
within Vvhich the appropriation might be expended, thus giving 
an opi)()rtunity for greater economy in the use of labor and in the 
securing and delivery of contract material. 

PURCHASE OF SITES. 

(Pago 100, lino 10.) 

The following carries no- a[)propriation. but merely i)rovides for 
the accjuisition by gift, devise, or by ]Mirchase, for a sum not to 
exceed $1, of sites at present occupied by field stations in the States 
of California, Washington, Florida, and Georgia, to be used for 

S. Rept. 249, 66-2 3 



34 AGRICULTURE APPROPRTATIOX BILL. 

pro^^agating-, testing, and distributing now ci-op plants peculiarly 
adapted to the warmer parts of the United States: 

The Secretary of A.icric-iiltui'e is hereafter authorized to acquire by gift, 
devise, or by pui-cli;ise for a sum not to exceed $1 for each site, the sites 
now occupied by field stations at Cluco, California, consisting of about eighty 
acres and used for pi-opagating, testing, and distributing new pbuit introduc- 
tions; the site at I^>cllingliani. ^^'aslungton, consisting of about sixty acres and 
used as a bulb station and for propagating, testing, and distributing new crop 
plants ; and the sites at Buena Vista, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia, 'con- 
sisting of about twenty-tive acres and about forty-six acres, respectively, and 
used for propagating, testing, and distributing new crop plants peculiarly 
adapted to the wanner parts of the United States. 



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